Teanaway River

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040164
MRDS ID M054847
MAS/MILS ID 530337017
Record type Site
Current site name Teanaway River
Alternate or previous names Tenaway River, Teanaway, Tenaway

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99028, 47.42194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI WOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GALLAGHER HEAD LAKE, Estimated Near Head Of Middle Fork Teanaway River. This Location Does Not Coincide With Cadastral Location Given In References

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 015E 5 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MIDDLE FORK TEANAWAY RIVER. REFERENCES GIVE LOCATION AS SEC. 36, T. 23 N., R. 14 E., WHICH IS NOT NEAR HEAD OF TEANAWAY RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form THIN SEAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 367.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.O., 1904, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 106, SCALE 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1994-04-01 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530370171 = 10131901
Editor 2012-12-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10131901

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.